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1. Francis BaconFrancis Bacon (1561-1626) divided the practice of medicine into three distinct areas: (1) the preservation of health, (2) the cure of disease and (3) the prolongation of life. 2. Prima Facie Duties

Prima facie duties are attributed to W.D. Ross. In an attempt to unite specific aspects of nonconsequentialism with those of utilitarianism, Ross determined that in deciding between ethical alternatives to a problem, the options must be weighed according to the duties that would be fulfilled by performing or not performing each option. Ross described prima facie duties as being intuitive and conditional. He defined intuition as being simply the feeling within that an act or action is right. Prima facie duties are conditional in that they can be overridden and still retain their character as duties. 3. Hippocrates

The Hippocratic Oath was first written in the fifth century B.C. Sometime during the tenth or eleventh century, the oath became Christianized to eliminate references to pagan gods. The oath focuses on the physician’s duty to the patient and to the other members of the health care profession. 4. W.D. Ross

William David Ross (1877-1971) made significant contributions to the translation and interpretation of the works of Aristotle and to moral philosophy. Ross developed a set of rules geared specifically toward governing professional behaviors. These rules are based on the fulfillment of professional duties. His “The Right and the Good” is arguably one of the most important works of moral philosophy published in the twentieth century. 5. Microallocation

Microallocation involves the determination of who will receive scarce resources such as organ procurement, and it involves solving problems dealing with matters such as shortage of kidneys. 6. Deontology

The purest form was developed by Immanuel Kant. In his theory, Kant sought to exclude the consideration of consequences when making moral decisions or performing moral acts....

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CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
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Indiana University
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through implicit covariation detection in a new classical conditioning
paradigm. In two experiments purportedly about surveillance and
vigilance. participants viewed several hundred randomly presented
words and images interspersed with critical pairings ofvalenced unconditioned
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a surprise evaluation task. the CS paired with positive items was
evaluated more positively than the CS paired with negative items.
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measure (Experiments I and 2) and an implicit measure (Experiment
2). In a covariation estimation task involving the stimuli presented in
the conditioning procedure. participants displayed no explicit memory'for
the pairings.
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Attitude Change (Essay & Concept Map)
ABSTRACT: In order to accomplish effective attitude change certain elements of the attitude itself must be addressed. An attitude has three components: a mental component, behavioural component and an emotional component. Effective attitude change programs include methods and tools which appeal to these components of the attitude.
Attitude Change
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...INTRODUCTION
A good attitude or positiveattitude is the outward manifestation of a mind that dwells primarily on positive matters. It is a mind-set tipped in favour of creative activity rather than boredom, joy over sadness, hope over futility. A positiveattitude is that state of mind which can be maintained only through conscious effort. When something jars one's mental focus into a negative direction, those who are positive know that in order to bounce back adjustments must be made.
THE CHOSEN ISSUE
Attitude is the way you communicate your mood to others. When you are optimistic and anticipate successful encounters, you transmit a positiveattitude and people usually respond favourably. When you are pesimistic and expect worst, your attitude is often negative, and people tend to avoid you. Inside your head, where it all starts, attitude is a mind-sets. It is the way you look at things mentally. Attitude is never static. It is an ongoing dynamic, sentitive, and perceptual process. Unless your are on constant guard, negative factors can slip into your perspective. This will cause you to spend 'mind time' on difficulties rather than opportunities.
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